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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HILDEBRANDT, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

BEVERAG E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter 5 Patent No. 479,594, dated July26, 1892,

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT HILDEBRANDT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn,in the countyof Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beverage Apparatus,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of beverage apparatus wherein thebeverageis drawn at a considerable distance from its keg or receptacleby means of pressure applied to it in the latter or by gravity; and ithas for its object to provide means to inspect the beverage before it isdrawn for use, to strain the beverage before it is drawn, and to affordfacilities for readily cleansing the device and for cooling'the beverageafter ithas left its main receptacle or keg.

The invention consists in the novel details of improvement and thecombination of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof,which is a partly-sectional side elevation of a device embodying myinvention.

In the accompanying drawing, the letterA indicates a beveragereceptacle, preferably made of glass, and having openings at oppositeends for the inlet and outlet of the liquid. The receptacle A isdetachably connected at one end with a pipe B, that leads to the mainreceptacle or keg for the beverage, and at its other end it is similarlyconnected with a faucet or the like D.

E is a detachable pipe or tube that enters the receptacle A orpreferably leads from the pipe B to the forward partof the receptacle A,and F is a similar tube extending from the forward end of the receptacleA rearwardly within the latter, so as to deliver the liquid to thefaucet D, as shown. On the inner end of the tube F, 1 preferably place astrainer G, that prevents sediment or the like from passing to thefaucet D, and thereby the liquid being drawn is clarified.

In order to detachably connect the pipe B and faucet D with the glassreceptacle A, so that all the parts can be thoroughly cleansed, Iprovide the following arrangement: II is a sleeve or the like adapted tofit over the narrow end or neck a of the receptacle A, a rubber or othersuitable sleeve 1) preferably fitting on the neck a and within thesleeve H to make a firm fit, as shown. The sleeve H has an internalannular flange (.1, adapted to fit against the end of neck a or to pressa washer or other packing 6 against the neck a to prevent leakage, asshown,the pipe F being surrounded by the flange d and washer e, asshown. The end of the pipe or tube F has an annular head or flange f,that may be pressed against the flange (Z, or an interposed packing orwasher g, as shown. It will be understood that a similar arrangement tothe foregoing will be placed at both ends of the receptacle A andconnected together to detachably hold the parts on the receptacle, andfor this purpose both sleeves H carry projections on flanges I, that areconnected byone or more tie-rods J preferably having thumb-nuts h tofacilitate adjustment, as shown. By tightening up these thumb-nuts 7athe flanges (5 will be pressed upon the necks a, of the receptacle A,whereby a firm yet detachable fasteningis made. The outer ends of thesleeves H are screw-threaded internally to receive threaded tubes L,which are screwed up against the ends of the tubes E and F,respectively, to hold them in position against the flanges d or theinterposed washers 9. On the outer ends of the tubes L are coupling-nutsM, by which the faucet D and pipe B are connected with the tube L, sothat all the parts can be firmly yet detachably connected together.

By means of the above-described device the beer, ale, or other beveragewill pass into the glass receptacle A, so that its condition can be seenat all times, and when drawn off it will be strained by the strainer G,thereby leaving sediment, &c., in the receptacle.

To clean the receptacle A, the pipe B is loosened, the thumb-nuts hturned to release the rods J, and the sleeves H, pipes E and F andconnected parts detached from A, and all parts thoroughly cleaned andreplaced.

The receptacle A can be kept in a box or the like, of which part N isshown in section, and ice packed around it to cool the beverage.

My improvements will be found very advantageous over the old style ofpassing beer and ale through a coil of pipe which cannot be thoroughlycleansed, in addition to which the customer can see in What conditionthe apparatus from Which his beverage is drawn is kept.

The advantages of using a glass receptacle A to receive the liquidbefore it is drawn are too obvious to mention,although if the receptacle A were not made of glass the arrangement would be found veryadvantageous.

Having now described my invention, What I claim is 1. The combination ofthe receptacle A, having open necks a a, sleeves H H, fitting over saidnecks, rod J, connecting said sleeves, and means for connecting saidsleeves with a pipe and faucet, respectively, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the receptacle A, having open necks a a, sleeves HH, having internal flanges (Z, Washers e e, fitting between said necksand said flanges, and means for connecting said sleeves With aninductionpipe, a faucet, or the like, and with rods J for holding thesleeves H upon the necks a a, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the receptacle A, having open necks a a, sleeves HH thereon, flanges (Z (Z in said sleeves, tubes E F, passing throughsaid sleeves and having flanges f, tubes L L, screwing into the sleevesH H and pipe 3, and a faucet or the like connecting with said tubes L L,substantiallyas described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 21st day of December, A. D. 1891.

ALI) ERT HILDEBRANDT.

.Vitnesses:

C. L. XVALKER, T. T. BOURNE.

